concealment rule

concealment rule definition - legal

n

The legal doctrine that when a plaintiff is hindered or kept from discovering the existence of a claim by the actions of a defendant, the statute of limitations is tolled until the plaintiff discovers or should have discovered the claim.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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